Originally Posted by
joejack951
Also, I'd like to see ED visits separated from actual hospitalizations as the 0-14 age group being taken to the hospital says nothing about the severity of the trauma, or indeed if any actually occurred. When you look at the stats for deaths and hospitalizations for kids and young adults, falls aren't the real issue.
The real issue with the undefined "crash" stats and associated statements about relative risk (helmet related or not) often cited by self described bicycling safety experts/advocates is the almost complete absence of
any reference to injury severity, as they use metrics that ignore injury severity and tabulate every fall and crash as identical in severity.
Risk analyses without consideration of injury severity are just exercises in blowing smoke.